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Michael B. Jordan To Receive Star On The Hollywood Walk Of Fame

<p>Actor&comma; director&comma; and producer <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;michael-b-jordan-shares-how-moved-on-split-lori-harvey&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Michael B&period; Jordan<&sol;a> is set to be honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Wednesday&comma; March 1&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"CpNnzJLrE-q" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Michael B&period; Jordan Will Receive The 2&comma;751st Star On The Hollywood Walk Of Fame<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>According to the official <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;walkoffame&period;com&sol;press&lowbar;releases&sol;actor-director-producer-michael-b-jordan-to-be-honored-with-hollywood-walk-of-fame-star&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Hollywood Walk of Fame<&sol;a> website&comma; Jordan will be honored with the 2&comma;751st star on the walkway&period; The ceremony will occur today&comma; March 1&comma; at 2&colon;30 p&period;m&period; EST&sol;11&colon;30 a&period;m&period; PST&period; The ceremony will also be held at 6201 Hollywood Boulevard&comma; in &&num;8220&semi;front of Funko Hollywood&comma;&&num;8221&semi; and will be streamed live&comma; exclusively&comma; via <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;walkoffame&period;com" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">walkoffame&period;com<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The event will be emceed by the Chair of the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce&comma; Lupita Sanchez Cornejo&comma; and guest speakers are set to include actor <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;jonathan-majors-talks-girl-troubles-with-michael-b-jordan&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Jonathan Majors<&sol;a> and filmmaker <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;update-ryan-coogler-speaks-out-following-reports-he-was-mistakenly-detained-by-police-officers-at-an-atlanta-area-bank-of-america-this-situation-should-never-have-happened&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Ryan Coogler<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"CpOcW6AOImN" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">More About Jordan &amp&semi; Why He&&num;8217&semi;s Been Chosen As An Honoree<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Ana Martinez&comma; the Hollywood Walk of Fame producer&comma; explained more about why Michael B&period; Jordan was chosen as an honoree via the official website&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>Michael B&period; Jordan has become a household name thanks to his many roles on the big screen&period; To think that this star didn’t grow up with dreams of being an actor&excl; Luckily for us&comma; he changed his mind and now he will be honored with an iconic star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>The website goes on to detail Jordan&&num;8217&semi;s long list of accolades within his career&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>Director&sol;Actor&sol;Producer Michael B&period; Jordan is recognized as an industry leader invested in bringing social change to Hollywood through his art and philanthropy&&num;8230&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>It details his soon-to-be-released film&comma; <em><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;tessa-thompson-confirms-that-michael-b-jordan-will-be-directing-creed-iii&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Creed III<&sol;a><&sol;em>&comma; and shares more information about Jordan&&num;8217&semi;s following film&comma; <em>Rainbow Six<&sol;em>&period; In that film&comma; Jordan will produce and star&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Additionally&comma; Jordan will also star in <em>I Am Legend 2<&sol;em> opposite <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;will-smith-shares-viral-video-poking-fun-2022-oscars-win&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Will Smith<&sol;a> and reunite with Coogler for a fourth time for the film <em>Wrong Answer<&sol;em>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"CpMHw&lowbar;srmrC" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Jordan&&num;8217&semi;s Additional Accolades<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Furthermore&comma; the official website details Jordan&&num;8217&semi;s career milestones and accomplishments—some recapping titles he&&num;8217&semi;s been honored with over the years&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>Recently&comma; Jordan was named one of TIME’s 100 Most Influential People of 2020&comma; People’s 2020 Sexiest Man Alive&comma; and one of New York Times’ 25 Greatest Actors of the 21st Century&&num;8230&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>As well as his groundbreaking contributions and role&comma; in the<em> Black Panther<&sol;em> trilogy&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>In 2019&comma; Jordan was awarded the NAACP Image Award for &OpenCurlyQuote;Best Supporting Actor’ and a 2019 SAG Award as part of BLACK PANTHER’s &OpenCurlyQuote;Best Ensemble’&&num;8230&semi; The Disney&sol;Marvel juggernaut directed by Ryan Coogler grossed over &dollar;1&period;3B at the global box office and was nominated for a 2019 Academy Award for &OpenCurlyQuote;Best Picture’&&num;8230&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>In addition to his commitment to bringing diversity and a wide group of voices to the acting world&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>In 2016&comma; Jordan launched Outlier Society&comma; a cutting-edge production company focused on bringing an eclectic and inclusive lineup of diverse stories and voices to market&&num;8230&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>And additionally&comma; being an &&num;8220&semi;architect for change in the community&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>Jordan continues to be an architect for change in the community and in 2019&comma; with the support of the Obama Foundation and My Brother’s Keeper&comma; launched the Outlier Society Fellowship&period; Born out of the desire to create more opportunities for underrepresented backgrounds or communities&comma; the core curriculum focuses on developing the next generation of media&comma; arts and entertainment industry leaders&&num;8230&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>And furthermore&comma; around the country&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>In response to the social justice movement that has swept the country&comma; Jordan and Color of Change launched the &num;ChangeHollywood initiative in July 2020&comma; 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